In addition, the number of "Yuan Datou" with the words "Gansu" minted and issued in Gansu Province is very rare, and the transaction price has reached more than 1800 yuan, which is difficult for ordinary coin collectors to play with. The most precious and rare variety of "Yuan Datou" is the "signature version" of Yuan Shikai's head in the third year of the Republic of China. Now it is difficult to find its trace in the general postal currency card market, and even it is rarely heard in the coin auction. The current valuation of this coin is about 40 thousand to 60 thousand yuan, which is a rare treasure in modern silver coins and has attracted the attention of coin collectors at home and abroad. The price of Yuan Shikai's small silver coins of 20 cents and 10 cents is generally around 15~40 yuan, while the price of Zhongyuan (50 cents) is more expensive, probably one in 300 yuan.
In addition, I saw a post on Tianya before and thought it was not bad, for reference only.
There are many versions of the one-dollar silver coin in Yuan Datou, so I choose to describe them now.
First, the main version in the three-year edition of the Republic of China.
On the front of the three-year edition of the Republic of China is a profile of Yuan Shikai, which reads "Three Years of the Republic of China". There is no word "made" after the word "year", and all other versions have the word "made" after the word "year". The three-year version of the word "person" has a "point", while other versions have no "point". The three-year edition has two kinds of molds, the old mold with 185 side teeth and the new mold with 170 side teeth. Both of them have a large amount of casting and belong to the general circulation version. In addition, there are several versions with less casting quantity:
1."o" version. That is to say, there is an "O" inscription on the golden harvest pattern, a horizontal "8" at the golden harvest knot, a tiny "O" circle in the upper left hole, and Yuan Xiang's chin front collar is unsealed, with wide epaulettes and five-star protrusions.
2. Rough version. Yuan has thick hair and wavy hairstyle. Jiahe knot belt does not form a crisscross "8" knot, but an irregular circle is formed on the right side of a bunch of Jiahe knot belts.
3. Triangular circular plate. The word "mouth" in the circle on the back of this coin forms the shape of "△", and other versions are "Si".
4. Open shell version. The bottom horizontal line of the word "shell" in the word "circle" of this coin is not connected with the vertical pen, forming an "open shell". There are obvious stripes on Yuan Xiang's epaulettes in this edition, and there is a straight line from top to bottom in Yuan's eyes, commonly known as "open eyes", which is also unknown in other editions.
5. Add the word "Gansu". This coin was cast by Lanzhou Mint in Gansu Province, imitating the old model of the three-year edition of the Republic of China. The word "Gansu" was cast around Yuan Xiang, and the rest were open-shell versions, with only tens of thousands of pieces cast.
6. Signature version. This is a sample coin cast by Tianjin Mint, and it didn't flow through. The coin is engraved with a vertical line of English letters "L.GioRGi" on the right side of the statue, which is the abbreviation of the signature of "Rurgi Giorgio", a foreign coinage expert and Italian sculptor in China.
7. "T" side, Eagle Sea. These two kinds of coins are trial-cast samples of Tianjin Mint General Factory. The front and back patterns are the same as those of the general Yuan Datou in circulation, only the side teeth are T-shaped or eagle-shaped.
Second, the main version of Yuan Datou in the eighth edition of the Republic of China.
Eight-year edition, the general edition has a large circulation, the steel mold is made in foreign countries, the writing conforms to the Chinese character structure, the font has no variation, and Jiahe is standardized and orderly. One feature is that the front element looks like a corsage, with a thin tooth on the inside of the front, and there is no gap (there are gaps in other editions). In addition, there are several less cast versions, the main difference is in the writing of the word "made":
1. The third stroke and a vertical stroke of the word "Zao" protrude from the horizontal direction of the fourth stroke to form the word "Niu", but they are not connected with the word "Kou" below, so they are called "Niu" version.
2. Some words "Niu" and "Kou" are linked together, so they are called joint mouth books.
3. The word "mouth" in the word "made" lacks a horizontal line, forming a gap, which is called engraving.
4. The word "mouth" in the word "made" is very flat, and there is no hole in the word "mouth", which is called the version without mouth.
Thirdly, the nine-year edition of the Republic of China mainly has two versions: the unsealed version of Yuan Xiang and the big ear version. The former is a common version with more casting quantity, while the latter has less casting quantity. The big ear version means that Yuan Xiang's ears are bigger than other versions, and the collar is all sealed.
Four, the main version of the ten-year edition of the Republic of China.
The ordinary version in the ten-year edition is not much different from the ordinary Yuan Datou in the figures, and the casting quantity is large. In addition, some points in the word "Nian" are written vertically or in the shape of "7", but the casting quantity is small.
In addition to the above versions, there are many similar versions of "Yuan Datou" one-dollar silver coin, so it is hard for me to say all of them.